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No. 487,679. Patented Dec. 6, 1892.

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0. B. MORSE. MAGHINE'FOR MAKING PACKAGE CARRIERS. No. 487,679. Patented'Dec. 6, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRUS B. MORSE, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOHN H. COMER, OF

SAME PLACE, AND BESSIE P.

DUMMER, OF FLUSHING, NEYV YORK.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PACKAGE-CARRIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,679, dated December 6, 1892.

Application filed May 14, 1892. Serial No.432,95.5- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CYRUs B. MoRsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, county and State of New York,

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Package- Oarriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

IO The present invention relates generally to mechanism for making package-carriers of the kind that consists of a handle suited to the grasp of the hand of a person carrying the package, which handle is provided with Wire hooks adapted in form and position on the handle to engage the binding-strings of a package, the handle thus serving as a con- Venient grasp device by which to carry the package.

The particular form of package-carrier or package-handle to which the present improvements especially relate consists of a wooden handle having a wire running lengthwise of or through the same and projecting a short distance laterally therefrom at each end thereof, the projecting ends of such wire being curled or coiled into hooks of a spiral-like form, all as particularly described in United States Patent No.457,499 of August 11, 1891.

The mechanism embodying the present improvement consists of mechanically-operated devices adapted to form the wires of such package-carriers or package-handles.

I shall first describe the mechanism embodying my improvements and at the end of such description shall add claimsthat embody the elements that I believe to be new.

In the drawings accompanying this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the ma- 4o chine. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of one of the Wire bending or coiling parts, to be hereinafter more particularly referred to. Fig. 4 is an end elevation from the right-hand end of 5 Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the plane a a of Fig. 1, looking toward the left-hand end of the machine. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on plane I) b of Fig. 5, looking toward the right hand of that figure. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one form of package-carrier in which is used the wire that it is the function of the present machine to form. Fig. 8 is a view of the wire and hooks of the package-carrier.

Referring to the views in detail and first to Figs. 7 and 8, 1 represents the handle of one form of package-carrier such as is contemplated by this invention. 2 is the wire of the same, the straight middle portion of which is to be contained in or be in any suitable way attached to the handle. 3 3 are the hooks at the end of the handle, these hooks being formed at the ends of the lateral arms 4 4 or projecting ends of the wire. In this form of carrier the handle 1 is longitudinallygrooved and the wire 2 placed therein,and,if desired, tacked, pinned, or otherwise secured in place, after which a label 5, bearing any appropriate inscription, is pasted to the flat upper face of the handle, thus covering the groove and wire and serving, also, to hold the latter in position.

Referring now to the views illustrating the machine for forming such wires, 6 represents the standards of the same; 7, the main base or bed plate portion thereof. On this bed is mounted a laterally-moving die 8, which is movably connected to the bed by a slide dovetailed in a groove 9 in the bed. This die projects slightly upwardly from the bed and is of a length along its inner face or edge correspondingto the length of the straight portion 2 of the wire of the carrier. A dogging-lever 10, pivotally hung on the base-plate and projecting through the same, engages the die and serves to hold it at its forward or advanced position. (Shown particularly in Figs. 1, 2, and 5.) This lever is held by the tension of spring 11 to engagement with the die, and its lower end extends to acam 12 on the main or driving shaft 13, and the relation of this cam and its part that engages with the lever is such to the lever that at proper times the upper or (logging and of the lever is depressed, so as to permit the die to move forward toward 5 the front of the machine. a I

13 is a braoketarm bearing wire feeding and straightening rolls 14. The wire 2, Fig.

2, to be bent comes from a coil or roll and passing through the rolls 1% enters between I00 the blades of a shear 15 and passes under the grooved or headed guide pins 16 to and against a suitably-arranged gage or stop 17. Thus the wire lies against the inner face of the dieIand after being cut off by the shears a section 2 of the same is in position to be bent into the form shown in Fig. 8 The mechanism for so bending the sections of wire will now be described.

18 is a slide properly mounted on dovetail ways 19, Figs. 5 and 6, at the back of the base-plate. This slide carries the angle-jaws 20, the space between which is slightly greater in length by approximately the thickness of the wire being worked than the die-plate 8, and their stationary position is just behind the wire 2 when the same is in position shown previous to being operated upon, as best seen in Fig. 2. It will now be seen that as these jaws advance they will engage the ends of the wire 2 and bend the same sharply arountl the inner corners and ends of the die, thus forming the hook-arms 4 4 of the carrier, Fig. 8. These ends of the sections of wire are, however, started or preliminarily bent by the levers 21. These levers are pivotally mounted on the slide 18 and are held to open or retracted position by the spring 22, Fig. 2. An arm 23, adj ustably carried on a block 24, fixed on the die 8, projects to and against the inner ends of the levers 21, so that as the wire-bending jaws advance these levers are forced by said arm to swing inwardly toward the die and carry with them the ends of the section of wire being bent. (See dotted lines in Fig. 2.) As these arms approach the inner limit of their movement the jaws 20 engage the bent ends of the wire and still further and finally shape the angles iii-the same.

The forward movement of the jaws 20 is thus effected. The rear end of the slide 18 is pivotally attached at to the cam-lever 26, which is pivotally hung at 27 on the bed f the machine, a spring 28 serving to hold the lever to the normal position shown. This lever, at its lower end, passes just below the main shaft and in the path of the cam 12, which as it rotates engages the lever and by depressing its lower end forces the slide 18 forward, as already described.

The means for twisting or coiling the ends of the wire of the carrier into the hooks 3 3 will now be described. 29 represents the coilers, these being carried on sleeves 30, which have vertical movement on the axes 31 of the coned gears 32, that mesh with similar gears 33 on the main shaft. Each of the coilers is provided with a slot 29 at its upper end, or this end is in any other suitable way constructed with two jaws separated by a space about the thickness of the wire being worked, and these jaws project normally through the base-plate (out the same as the thickness of the wire or slightly more. The sleeve bears against the base-plate under the stress of a spring 34 and is free to rotate in its bearing. A pin 35 on the axis 31 of the gear 32 engages the sleeve in a slot 36, thus causing the axis and sleeve to rotate together, but permitting the latter to move vertically along the other. A bevel-tooth or cam-like projection 37 on the sleeve is arranged to strike a similar tooth or bevel-pin 38, fixed to the base 7. As the axis rotates the sleeve-cam is brought to contact with the pin and the sleeve caused to move downwardly on the axis, face of the coilers flush with the base-plate. When the cam passes the pin, the spring 34 acts to raise the sleeve and coilers to their first position. The position of these coilers is such that the ends of the Wires 2 when bent around the die-plate will lie across the ends of the coilers, as seen in Fig. 2, the ends of the wire intersecting the axis of the coilers.

It being understood that the parts described are suitably adjusted to one another as to their time and speed of movement, their conjoint and successive actions are as follows: A section of wire being in place, as already explained, the rotation of the main shaft advances the slide 18, bends the ends of the wire at right angles, and brings the ends of the bent portions over the coilers. During this movement of the slide the coilers have been caused to descend and are out of the path of the ends of the wire when the same is bent around the die. As the slide reaches the limit of its forward movement and the bending ends of the wire come to rest over the coilers, the coilers are freed from the campins that effect their depression and are suddenly projected upwardly to engagement with the wire ends, the slots in their ends corresponding in position with the wire ends. At this time the cam on the main shaft has acted to depress the upper end of the lever that dogs the die, and so frees the latter. As the coilers rotate they bend or coil the ends of the wire around their ends, and. as the Wire is thus taken up the freed die is pulled forward under the strain of the wire upon it, but still preserving the right-angled bends in the wire and eventually serving to cause the hooks 3 3 of the wire carrier to be formed centrally to or in line with the arms 4 40f the same. Im mediately after the die is freed and the coilers begin to operate on the Wire the slide 18 retracts to its first position and the bendingarms open out as they part from the arm 23, which of course is carried forward with the die. After the coilers have made aboutthreefourths of a turn from the position of engaging the wire the main shaft stops, the formed carrier-wire is removed by hand, the die returned to its first position, and the parts are in condition to operate upon another section of wire.

39 is a label-box at'the end of the machine, which contains a pile of labels 40, these lying on a vertically-movable table 41. This table is mounted on the extension-levers 42 43, which levers are connected to the screw 44, rotarily fixed in the wall of the box, one of the levers 42 being jointed to the end of the screw and the other 43 being fastened to a thus bringing the upper- ITO V the form of the wire carrier traveling nut 45. Turning the screw causes the labels to be elevated and one of the labels to be presented at the upper edge of the box.

46 is a paste or gum box or any similar device containing material adapted to application to the labels to render them adhesive.

47 is a brush carried on a slide-rod 48, mounted in supports 49 on the end of the machine.

50 is a cam on the main shaft 13, and 51 a cam-lever having a link attachment 52 with the brush carrier 48 and a retracting-spring 53.

54 is a trough on the front of the machine, of form similar to the shape of the upper face of the handle 1 of the carrier. This trough may contain a rubber or other similar cushion or absorbing-pad 55.

56 is a presser-foot hung on a lever 57, which lever is centrally hung on the cross-arm 58 of the machine and is pivotally connected at its rear end to the cam-lever 26 and is operated thereby to press down one of the handles 1 when the same is in the trough.

During the formation of a wire-section into carrier form the paste-brush advances and gums a label. The operator, upon finishing the wire carrier and taking it from the machine, puts the same in a handle 1, tacking or otherwise securing it in place, if necessary. Then he transfers a prepared label to the bottom of the trough 55 and puts the handle face downward on the same, the sides of the trough serving to gage the proper position of the handle to the label. Then during the forming of another wire carrier the presserfoot is caused to descend and strongly press the handle and label to close contact, thus permanently atfixing the label to the handle. The labeled handle is then removed from the trough, a fresh label put in position, the label-extension device adjusted to bring up a new label to the paste-brush, and the other steps of operation proceeded with, as explained, though of course these various steps may follow in any desired order.

I desire it to be understood that any suitable form of wooden, metallic, or other kind of handle may be used on the wirecarrier to form a broadened grasp part for the hand of a person using the carrier; also, that such handle may be attached to the wire carrier in various ways, particularly that it can receive the wire before the same is shaped into end hooks and lie with the wire on the die while the wire is being bent. The connecting of the handle and the wire carrier is a matter independent of the bending of the wire; also, (and the die for shaping it) may vary as to the shape of the part 2 of the formed wire carrier.

The essential feature of this wire carrier, so far as the present machine is concerned, is the forming at the ends of the handle portion thereof of laterally-projecting arms and hooks having the functions of the arms 4 4 and hooks 3 3 and accordingly the pasting mechanism forming a part of this machine is not claimed in this application.

What is claimed as new is- 1. In the herein-described machine for making wire into package-carrier form, the combination of the die 8,about which the wire is bent, the slide 18, carrying the jaws 20 and adapted to close upon the die to bend the wire around the same, the spring-retracted levers 21, mounted on and moving with the slide, and the arm 23, carried on the die and arrangedin the path of the said levers,whereby as the slide advances the levers are swung toward the die and engage and preliminarily bend the ends of the wire blank, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, the movable die 8, a dogging device for the die, the jaws 20,1novable to and from the die to bend the wire around the same, the coilers 29, and automatic connections between the coilers and the dogging device adapted to hold the die stationary while the said jaws advance upon and bend the wire around it and also adapted to free the die and permit it to advance to- Ward the coilers as the same engage the ends of the wire and bend them into hook form.

3. In combination, the movable die 8, the slide 18, bearing jaws 20, a dogging device for holding the die stationary, the verticallymovable coilers 29, adapted to withdraw from the plane of the wire being bent and to return to and engage the wire after beingbent, and connections between the coilers and said dogging device, operated to free the die as the coilers engage and coil the ends of the wire, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, the die 8, the jaws 20, moving to and from the die to bend the wire about the same, the vertically-reciprocating coilers 29, located at the position of the bent ends of the wire, the main shaft 13, and connections between the same and the said jaws, adapted to advance the jaws and thereby bend the wire about the die, and connections between the main shaft andthe coilers, adapted to withdraw the coilers from the plane of the wire as the ends of the same are bent around the die and brought to position over the coilers preparatory to being engaged and coiled thereby, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with the wire-bending die and slide and the coilers, the main shaft 13, bearing cam 12, and gears 33, the lever26 and its retracting-spring for operating the said slide, the spring-retracted die-dogging lever 10, operated by the said cam to release the die, and the gears 32, driven by said gears 33 and for operating the coilers,substantially as set forth.

CYRUS B. MORSE. Witnesses:

SAML. R. DUMMER,

RoBT. F. GAYLoRn; 

